GERMAN BOMBAST.
THE FINANCIAL SITUATION. FOLLOWING BRITAIN S LEAD WHIIX ' OFFERING^^VAIN ""."' ' J.?*&'. THE FOURTH WAR LOAN. AMSTERDAM, March ; T7. 7 , The-Budget speech of Dr. HelfTerich, Minister. ,for Finance, : was. delivered; in ..the Reichstag to. : day. Th£.;Budgei3bn- ' taihed no tyar.itcins- but said jtriatD^cm^ bcr's creeiitTvas amplefbr somctinre to "come. "The - Budgets had equaL to all .demands. -Tiie-objectintithe pr6rwsed..ncw taxes was to exclude.; jail ■ England, : was "endeavouring to coyer : a" considerable portibri of-war«ex-penditure-by-taxation. Germany had a juster':conception Utt the.financial cbums pftii.o war; and would riot land'stwake. Nevertheless she must.'cqnsidcrably increase, the Imperial irevenue, whatever-hopes may be founded'on - '. in,demnity,..but..thenew taxes woulffiUof be \ -fuvther extended.; .'• -v .■■ "-- ''-". — : v The subscription,"to the new : fourtliJ.oiin would be of. significance regarding the-war. Geraany/haahithcrto defied"her enemies : had, even- approached her achievenier's.''. .Germany had successfully beaten. Eng-" land's loans.'. Germany's enemies, forsee•irig ■ the success"* of the. loan, were spreading 'maniacal "lies about'her-finan-cial situation. - Germans '-Knew"'"that victory belonged to/them, and that: those '■ at home would contribute to the soldiers' .'■' ; •victory. >■_ :' '■'-~ "... . .'..'*• '•
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 68, 20 March 1916, Page 5
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